ChiTownE63

Well I finally made the jump into the AMG world. I sold my SRT 300 and my KB cobra and will be buying a 2008 e63 with 29K on the odometer. I have always loved the AMG cars, but never had the opportunity to buy one. I have been reading a ton of threads and the site is awesome and full of great information. I take possesion of the car hopefully next week.
I definetely want to make the car a little louder, but I am stuck on what to do. I am not sure if I should delete the resonator only or also delete the secondary cats??? Not looking for crazy loud just a nice deep rumble. Also does anyone know of a good exhaust shop near chicago? I don't mind traveling a little bit, but I don't want to take the new car to some cheap shop.
Thanks

CharlyE500

Congrat and post some pix !

marko62ss

welcome aboard. I am new here as well. loads of info on here.
make sure you post pick of the beast when you get it

RedBullJnky

Congrats and post pics when you get it. You will like the res and cat delete. Should be what your looking for.

bnzuovr

Welcome im out of chicago to Enjoy the new ride i can tell you one place to stay away from lol. What type of work are you looking to be done?

ChiTownE63

Looking for a good place to do secondary cats/resonator delete. I know plenty of exhaust shops, but I don't trust a lot of them.
Thanks

bnzuovr

You might be able to order from some of the venders of the site they have mid section pipes that are pre-bent stainless steal. I personally did my own mid pipes at my own shop mandrel/s.s pipes with a x pipe, But it just depends on how **** you are with your car lol

ChiTownE63

I am pretty **** with my cars, but I did not know that some vendors sell pre-bent pipes. I figured I could use a maganflow x pipe and then just get some pipes and then find a good welder. What vendors sell the pipes and possibly x pipe? What size is the stock pipe so I could order an x pipe if need be?
Thanks

Cylinder Head

iTrader: (1)

I just did the resonator delete and am very happy with that. IMO no need to cut the cats out as well.

BBBSS

Your most likely not gonna find a respectable exhaust shop to delete your cats. Find a performance shop of some type or someone trustworthy to install your pipes on the side if you buy prebent ones. The federal fine for a shop caught removing cat's from a car is incredible. I have an exhaust shop that does all kinds of work and knows me quite well and they won't delete the cats. Many exhaust shops won't even want it on their lifts if they know the cats are removed.

ChiTownE63

Thanks for all the help! I think for now I will just delete the resonator and if I want it louder can cut the cats at a later date.
Thanks

Cylinder Head

iTrader: (1)

You're going to love it. Easy, easy mod and it makes a world of difference. Have someone else cold start it for you and stand behind it when they do.